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The DP1 features the same 14-million-pixel Foveon X3 imaging sensor as featured in Sigma?s SD14 DSLR. The DP1?s sensor measures 20.7mmx13.8mm.<\/p>\n
First unveiled in 2006 – as the world?s first digital compact to feature a near APS-C-size imaging sensor – the DP1 prototype underwent a redesign last year when a hotshoe was added. <\/p>\n
Billed as a ‘high-end’ model the camera had been expected out in the UK last May but, in a bid to make image quality on a par with Sigma?s DSLR range, the firm then changed the digital compact camera’s ‘entire image-processing pipeline’ – further delaying its launch.<\/p>\n
?The DP1 is a completely new type of camera, offering the full spec and high image quality of a DSLR in the body of a compact camera,? said the company in a statement released today at the PMA show in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.<\/p>\n
It includes a new Three-layer Responsive Ultimate Engine (TRUE) image processor, specifically designed for the Foveon sensor?s ?three silicon embedded layer direct image sensor?.<\/p>\n
Sigma claims that the camera delivers ?high-definition images rich in gradation and impressive three-dimensional detail?.<\/p>\n
The DP1 sports a 16.6mm f\/4 lens, designed to deliver the 35mm viewing angle equivalent of a 28mm lens on a 35mm SLR.<\/p>\n
The kit will include Sigma PhotoPro raw image conversion software.<\/p>\n
Photographers can record images in raw or JPEG, in a choice of four resolution modes.<\/p>\n
Features also include a built-in ?pop-up? flash, a hotshoe and a 2.5in LCD screen (230,000 pixel resolution).<\/p>\n
Optional accessories will include an optical viewfinder (VF-11) and external flash (EF-140 DG).<\/p>\n
A spokesman explained that the camera was developed to meet increasing consumer demand for this type of compact digital camera.<\/p>\n
Sigma launched its first DSLR, the SD9, in 2002.<\/p>\n
Last year Sigma UK?s office told us that interest in the DP1 has been ‘dramatic’ despite continued delays to its launch.<\/p>\n
A UK price for the DP1 had yet to be confirmed at the time of writing.<\/p>\n
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